A New Approach to the Study of the Textual Cohesion of the ‎Surahs of ‎the Holy Quran

The arrangement of the verses in each Surah of the Holy Quran was an issue ‎of inquiry among ‎Islamic scholars in different ages of Islamic period. The ‎first scholars spoke of «Nazm» and «Munasaba» and the recent ones ‎introduced the ideas of «the Surah as unity» and «the thematic ‎unity of the ‎Surahs». In this article after a quick look at these attempts، some of thenew ‎theories ‎of text analysis and their theoretical bases have been mentioned and ‎their potential of explaining ‎of arrangement of the verses has been ‎examined، considering that the main function of the Holy ‎Quran is guidance ‎and remembrance. Applying «cohesion theory» and «relevance theory»، «the ‎‎referential model» is proposed for description of the arrangement of the ‎verses in a Surah and is ‎examined in a long Surah‎.